AMFA SYLLABUS –

www.albertamusicfestival.org – Please refer to

page 1 of the AMFA syllabus for a listing of all the 2016

changes and page 2 for rules & regulations.

All changes are also highlighted in yellow in the syllabus.

Of particular note: A. For Musical theatre: “The following

THREE stage props will be provided by the festival: chair

(or rehearsal block), table, coat rack. No other stage props

are allowed.”

B. The format for RECORDED CHORAL CLASS entries in

Provincials is now MP3.

MUSICAL THEATRE LIST – The AMFA website now has a

listing of popular Musical Theatre repertoire which classifies

each selection as Up-tempo or Ballad. Selections performed

from this list must be entered in the classification specified. For

selections not on the list, use your judgment.

LOCAL ADDENDA and the DANCE SYLLABUS are available on the

festival website at www.camrosemusicfestival.ca

ON-LINE REGISTRATION: THIS IS THE PREFERRED

METHOD OF REGISTRATION: we encourage you to use it

if at all possible. You can enter the information early and

modify it as necessary up to the entry deadline. On-line

payment with PayPal is again available, but is optional. If you

need assistance with this, please contact the festival secretary.

For this year there will still be paper entry options which you

can print from the website, but we hope in future years to use

only online registration.

A huge Thank You to the City of Camrose! They have granted

the Festival one of their FREE DAYS at the Lougheed

Performing Arts Centre, which we will use for Dance. Along

with a $2000 monetary grant from the city, this is a wonderful

boost to the festival.

GRAND CONCERT Tickets– We are delighted that thanks to

support from Camrose Kiwanis Club the Lougheed PAC will

again be the venue for the Grand Concert on Tuesday, April 11.

To prevent a line-up at the door, tickets will be available a few

weeks ahead of time at www.camroselive or at the box office.

MUSICAL NOTES

Camrose and District

Music Festival Association

November 2016 www.camrosemusicfestival.ca camrosefest@gmail.com

2017 FESTIVAL DATES: Monday, April 3 to Friday, April 7

GRAND CONCERT: Tuesday, April 11, 7 pm, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre

ENTRY DEADLINE: Saturday, January 28

NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED

Performers Recommended to 2016 Provincials:

Brass Solo, Senior ...........................................Juanita Hohm

Speech Solo, 16 and Under…………..... Charles McDonald

Prov- Nat’l Choral 19 & over ……….....Camrose Camerata

Senior High School Choir.. ...................................Chorazz!

Vocal Solo - Girls- 12 & under.....................Madeline Stenzel alternate Felicity Fenrich

Vocal solo - boys, 12 & under…………….....…...Keaton Mah

Vocal Solo - Girls - 16 & under….....................Grace Braaten alternate Kendra Bell

Vocal Solo - boys, 16 & under…..…………...James Rostad

Vocal Solo - Senior............................................ Colden Palo

Musical Theatre - Ballad, 12 & under…. Monika Hemperger

Musical Theatre - Uptempo - 12 & under…McKenna Rybalka alternate Chad Nichol

Musical Theatre - Ballad -16 & under…………...Kendra Bell alternate Grace Braaten

Musical Theatre - Uptempo - 16 & under…... James Rostad alternate Kendra Bell

Musical Theatre - Ballad - Senior…………….. Chantel Schultz

Musical Theatre - Uptempo – Senior………... Sammy Lowe

alternate Logan Lessmeister

WEBSITE INFORMATION

Check out: - ON-LINE ENTRY - Entry forms to print,

2016 Award Winner, Pictures from past festivals, Contact

information for committee members, Donor information,

- New Fee schedule

Links to: AMFA (Alberta Music Festival) SYLLABUS

www.albertamusicfestival.org - CAMROSE FESTIVAL DANCE SYLLABUS

- CAMROSE FESTIVAL ADDENDA which lists extra classes

created specifically for Camrose Festival.

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Special 150th Canadian Birthday Scholarship Let’s celebrate our Canadian composers/authors! In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday there will be a special trophy and $150 scholarship for the highest mark in a performance – any genre – with a Canadian composer/author. This will include self – composed /written performances (must be your own composition, not just your own arrangement!). …………………………………………………………………………

Festival Venues -:

Junior Piano – Century Meadows Baptist Church

Senior Piano – Messiah Lutheran Church

Dance – Lougheed Performing Arts Centre

Strings – Pleasantview Alliance Church

Grand Concert –7 pm, Tuesday April 11

Lougheed Performing Arts Centre

www.camrosemusicfestival.ca

Sponsored by

Vital Effect

New Volunteers Needed!! Festival Week - Doorkeepers, Supervisors, Adjudicator Secretaries and Marshals

Thank you to the many volunteers who so willingly come to assist during Festival week. We are very grateful to Dance parents who

look after all the positions needed at the dance venue. If you are able to work even one or two sessions, please contact the

president, secretary or volunteer coordinators. It’s a rewarding gig!

MUSICAL NOTES

CAMROSE & DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL

USICAL NOTES

Camrose and District

Music Festival Association

November 2016, page 2

CAMROSE & DISTRICT MUSIC

FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION 2014-15

President ..........................................Katelyn Palo

Vice-President .............................Cathie Johnson

Past-President ...........................................vacant

Festival Secretary.................................... vacant

Recording Secretary……….…….Margot Thirsk

Treasurer…................................... Margot Thirsk

Fundraising Coordinator.................Peter Fenrich

Fundraising assistant………..…………. vacant

Scheduling Coordinator….......... Cathy Kennedy

Scheduling Assistants……………..Woan Voon,

Colleen Salahub Olsen, Jean McDonald

Computer Operator..............................Len Busse

Facilities Coordinator.........................Kyla Joyce

Volunteer Coordinators.........................Val Sims,

Pat Mah,

Distributer..................................Dorothy Lysons

Awards Coordinator....................Jean McDonald

Publicity.........................................Angela Badry

Webmaster………….……………..Katelyn Palo

If you are interested in filling any of the vacant

positions, please contact Katelyn Palo (780-672-

9389 or 780-608-4645). Remember, the festival

can’t run without enough volunteers!

There are now Provincial National classes available for local festivals. Teachers who have

students who may qualify should check out the new requirements listed in the syllabus. Note that

students may enter both the Provincial National class and the Ballad and/or Up-tempo classes at

the local festival so they have enough repertoire for the Provincial and National competitions.

Provincial

National

Musical

Theatre

November 2016, page 3

MUSICAL NOTES

Camrose and District

Music Festival Association

Festival Secretary

Deliver entry fees and any paper entry

forms to the address below.

-Cathy Kennedy, 4407-66th

Street,

Camrose, AB T4V 2S6 (780-679-0122)

For information call Katelyn Palo at 780-

672-9389 or 780-608-4645

Or email camrosefest@gmail.com.

For information call or email

ENTRY FEES

JUNIOR (12 & under, up to Gr 5 Piano)

Solos and Duets: $12

Recital & Concert Classes: $24

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SENIOR (13 &over, Gr 6 and up Piano)

Solos and Duets: $15

Recital & Concert Classes: $30

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SOLO SONATA & CONCERTO Classes

1 Mov’t: $15, 2 or more Mov’ts: $30

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TRIOS, QUARTETS, ENSEMBLES

(5 to 12 members)

1 selection: $30, Concert/Recital Classes $40

CHOIRS, BANDS, GROUPS OF 13 or more

1 Selection: $40, Concert/Recital Classes $60

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REGISTRATION FORMS –

On-Line

At www.camrosemusicfestival.ca click on

Forms and Fees Tab and link to

musicfestivalorganizer.ca/camrose

Paper Forms

Print the appropriate form from the website

2017 Syllabus Information

The Alberta Music Festival Syllabus can be found on-line at

www.albertamusicfestival.org. Be sure to download the Rules

and Regulations section and read through the rules for Local

Festivals on pages 2 & 3 of the syllabus.

Limited Internet Access? You can have the syllabus (or the parts

you need) printed at The UPS Store in Camrose (6010 - 48th

Avenue). Photocopy charges apply.

The Dance Syllabus is available at www.camrosemusicfestival.ca .

Local Addenda are additional classes for Camrose Festival created in

past years to accommodate certain entries which are not covered in

the AMFA syllabus. These can be found at

www.camrosemusicfestival.ca or from the Festival Secretary.

Note for Voice Teachers: Local classes for 12 & under and 14 &

under ART SONGS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PROVINCIALS.

Reminder for Band Directors:

The number of selections to be performed is no longer included in

the AMFA syllabus. Camrose & District Music Festival guidelines

will be the same as in previous years:

Elementary School Band Class 1000, Grades 4-6, and

equivalent local classes: Time Limit 10 Minutes, 2 contrasting

selections

Concert Band 11000 to 11560, Grades I to VI levels, and

equivalent local classes: Time Limit: 3 minutes for tuning and

warm-up, 2 contrasting selections, at least one being from the

syllabus list

Family Music classes 9094 and 9099 are non-competitive.

We encourage families to participate without the stress of

competition.

Family Music

Family Music

MUSICAL NOTES

Camrose and District

Music Festival Association

Festival Schedule

The scheduling process should be completed by early March.

The following procedure will be used to inform entrant of their

performance times:

The rough schedule will be emailed to teachers as soon as it is

finalized, hopefully by early March. We request that teachers

forward this information their students immediately upon

receiving it.

The Festival Secretary must be informed of any schedule

conflicts within a week to 10 days, before the program goes

to the printer.

Once the program has gone to print no changes will be

allowed, only cancellations. Printed programs will be

available 1 week before Festival.

Entry Form Tips

1. Double check your entries carefully! : Information may

appear in the program exactly as you enter it!!!!!!!!

Please include all information asked for. Online entries will not

register if certain blanks are not filled.

Use complete selection titles, including, where appropriate, opus

numbers, movement names and/or numbers, musicals from which

Musical Theatre numbers are drawn, and names of arrangers as well

as composers.

2. To help avoid scheduling conflicts please indicate any band, choir,

ensemble dance group etc., with which a soloist is performing, and other

solo classes he/she entered in other disciplines (e.g. piano, violin). For

internet entries use the “Special requests” box.

3. Performance time must be given so that ample schedule time can be

provided...especially crucial for advanced students. Timing should be to the

nearest minute.

4. LATE ENTRIES will NOT be accepted!

Common Errors on Entry Forms

l. Incomplete Class titles: omitting

genre (e.g. Piano Solo, Vocal Duet,) or

age/grade group (e.g. 12 & under, or

Grade 5)

2. Incomplete song titles: opus

numbers and movement numbers or

names are required where applicable,

also names of Musicals or Revues from

which Musical Theatre selections come

must be included.

3. Composer’s or arranger's names

omitted.

4. Confusion about Concert and

Recital classes: -

-Concert Class selections must all be

of the same style of music.

-Recital class selections must be of 3

different styles.

5. Errors in fees: please note the new

fee structure. Take special note of Solo

Concert and Solo Recital Class fees.

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MUSICAL NOTES

Camrose and District

Music Festival Association

November 2016, page5

Provincial Music Festival in Edmonton

2017 Choral Festival: Sunday May 28 to Tuesday, May 30th

2017 Solo/Ensemble/Speech Festival: Sunday, May 28th to Saturday,

June 3.

Audio Recorded Choral Competitions:

The following Provincial Choral competitions are by audio recording:

Choirs Grades 1-3,

Choirs ages 10 & under

all Provincial National Choral Classes

If your choir entries fit into one of these categories, please become familiar

with the “Rules for Recorded Competition” outlined on page 81 of the AMFA

Syllabus. Any choir recommended to provincials from Camrose Festival is to

be responsible for their own recording arrangements, with the recording

witnessed by a member of the Camrose Festival Committee. Please consult

with the Festival Secretary. Note: the format for entries is now MP3 only.

Provincial Festival entry fees:

For performers recommended to the Provincial Festival, the Camrose Music

Festival will pay half of the Provincial entry fee. The performer’s half of the

fee must be paid to Camrose & District Music Festival before the provincial

entry forms are submitted.

National Music Festival

2017 National Festival August 11-12 in Ottawa

More Helpful Hints

Buy music early: If you will need an

extra copy of your music for the

adjudicator, arrange for it weeks ahead.

Art Songs: Remember that the language

of the art song, NOT the language of the

composer, will determine in which class

an Art Song should be entered.

Rules and Regulations: Please take

time to read the “Rules Governing Local

Festivals” on pages 2 and 3 of the

Provincial Syllabus, especially noting

rules regarding copyright. Published

copies must be provided for the

adjudicator.

Important note re copyright rules:

Legally downloaded music must have

the receipt attached or written

permission from the publisher or

composer. If an entrant comes with a

downloaded copy without a receipt there

will be a waiver form available to be

signed by the parent or teacher affirming

that the music has been legally copied.

ACCOMPANISTS ARE REQUIRED

TO DISPLAY A PUBLISHED COPY

OF THE MUSIC ON THE PIANO even

if it is being played from a photocopy to

facilitate page turns.